Dave Lauchlan
@davelauchlan.bsky.social
Cats, music, planes, weather, science fiction. Programmer Archeologist.
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Britain:
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
having gone to university as the last cohort of the 3k/year system never fails to give me a brief taste of that "last chopper out of Saigon" feeling boomers and, to an extent, Gen Xers have been getting for most of the past fifteen years or so
Student loan repayment thresholds frozen for a further three years.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Britain:
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
Ooh, this is a lovely version of Tiny Children.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ooh, this is a lovely version of Tiny Children.
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Sorry if you've all seen this already, but I only discovered this last night.
youtu.be/XCXZ4MaYBpw?...
youtu.be/XCXZ4MaYBpw?...
MICHAEL MYERS PLAYED HIS OWN SCARY MUSIC
YouTube video by Real Big Boys
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sorry if you've all seen this already, but I only discovered this last night.
youtu.be/XCXZ4MaYBpw?...
youtu.be/XCXZ4MaYBpw?...
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
As long as the kidnappers are bent coppers then I'm probably going to be okay!
As long as the kidnappers are bent coppers then I'm probably going to be okay!
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
As long as the kidnappers are bent coppers then I'm probably going to be okay!
As long as the kidnappers are bent coppers then I'm probably going to be okay!
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
Seems to have a will of her own.
Seems to have a will of her own.
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Please don't take him even though you can
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
Seems to have a will of her own.
Seems to have a will of her own.
Oh FFS, not content with putting more political news coverage on 6Music, now the BBC is playing trailers on there for gobshite vox pops on 5Live. The BBC news people are the BBC's worst enemy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Oh FFS, not content with putting more political news coverage on 6Music, now the BBC is playing trailers on there for gobshite vox pops on 5Live. The BBC news people are the BBC's worst enemy.
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Tall Betsy looks metal as fuck I bet the kids had a blast.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Tall Betsy looks metal as fuck I bet the kids had a blast.
We've just been to the pub for a sneaky burger and chips. I think Barney and Mabel are annoyed that we went without them.
This was the sight that greeted us on our return.
This was the sight that greeted us on our return.
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We've just been to the pub for a sneaky burger and chips. I think Barney and Mabel are annoyed that we went without them.
This was the sight that greeted us on our return.
This was the sight that greeted us on our return.
Woohoo, my eBay bargain has arrived. New stereo for my office. Not bad for £25 + £6 postage.
This does almost everything - plays tapes, CDs, MP3 CDs , audio on USB and SD cards! And it has DAB.
This does almost everything - plays tapes, CDs, MP3 CDs , audio on USB and SD cards! And it has DAB.
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Woohoo, my eBay bargain has arrived. New stereo for my office. Not bad for £25 + £6 postage.
This does almost everything - plays tapes, CDs, MP3 CDs , audio on USB and SD cards! And it has DAB.
This does almost everything - plays tapes, CDs, MP3 CDs , audio on USB and SD cards! And it has DAB.
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I’m not a great political analyst, but I do feel Labour have made a tactical error by opting to be cunts.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m not a great political analyst, but I do feel Labour have made a tactical error by opting to be cunts.
Labour HQ right now "It didn't work for them, but it might just work for us!"
“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
Well..
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Labour HQ right now "It didn't work for them, but it might just work for us!"
Mabel is miffed that I won't share my breakfast with her. Meanwhile Barney is sleeping off a busy night.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Mabel is miffed that I won't share my breakfast with her. Meanwhile Barney is sleeping off a busy night.
First frost of the season. This is great news as it means my wife can now plant her tulip bulbs. Photo taken at 6am when my cat took me for a walk around the park.
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
First frost of the season. This is great news as it means my wife can now plant her tulip bulbs. Photo taken at 6am when my cat took me for a walk around the park.
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Here the Justin Trudeau to Mark Carney transition for the Liberals in Canada is a warning to anyone declaring Labour already dead. A party ruthless enough to chuck out a blunderingly unpopular leader with a replacement that has better policy and politics instincts can rapidly turn things around.
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here the Justin Trudeau to Mark Carney transition for the Liberals in Canada is a warning to anyone declaring Labour already dead. A party ruthless enough to chuck out a blunderingly unpopular leader with a replacement that has better policy and politics instincts can rapidly turn things around.
Too bloody right. There is no way we should pay money to Trump. Have we learned nothing from the whole Jimmy Savile business?
Yes, I'd take the role of DG of the BBC in a heartbeat. I have thoughts. For starters much of Radio 5 and the BBC News channel would go. Not a penny for gobshite phone-ins.
Yes, I'd take the role of DG of the BBC in a heartbeat. I have thoughts. For starters much of Radio 5 and the BBC News channel would go. Not a penny for gobshite phone-ins.
BBC should pay nothing to Donald Trump, ex-director general Lord Tony Hall says
BBC should pay nothing to Donald Trump, ex-director general Lord Tony Hall says
Since the corporation's retraction, Trump has indicated he may continue legal action, upping the amount he could sue for to between $1bn (£759m) and $5bn.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Too bloody right. There is no way we should pay money to Trump. Have we learned nothing from the whole Jimmy Savile business?
Yes, I'd take the role of DG of the BBC in a heartbeat. I have thoughts. For starters much of Radio 5 and the BBC News channel would go. Not a penny for gobshite phone-ins.
Yes, I'd take the role of DG of the BBC in a heartbeat. I have thoughts. For starters much of Radio 5 and the BBC News channel would go. Not a penny for gobshite phone-ins.
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From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
Calgie thinks Sherlock Holmes is woke.
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Calgie thinks Sherlock Holmes is woke.
Weather still weirdly mild for November. Nic has harvested delphiniums from the garden this morning. That's just mad!
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Weather still weirdly mild for November. Nic has harvested delphiniums from the garden this morning. That's just mad!
Listening to an old Freak Zone from 2009. Quite a good one with a Sparks concept album as the featured record.
But the thing that is most remarkable about it is that the news is much shorter, around 90 seconds.
Hashtag "how the BBC News is rotting brains now" ....
But the thing that is most remarkable about it is that the news is much shorter, around 90 seconds.
Hashtag "how the BBC News is rotting brains now" ....
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Listening to an old Freak Zone from 2009. Quite a good one with a Sparks concept album as the featured record.
But the thing that is most remarkable about it is that the news is much shorter, around 90 seconds.
Hashtag "how the BBC News is rotting brains now" ....
But the thing that is most remarkable about it is that the news is much shorter, around 90 seconds.
Hashtag "how the BBC News is rotting brains now" ....
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The Populist Right could borrow from an old IRA statement:
"Today we were right, but remember we only have to be right once – you have to be right always."
"Today we were right, but remember we only have to be right once – you have to be right always."
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Populist Right could borrow from an old IRA statement:
"Today we were right, but remember we only have to be right once – you have to be right always."
"Today we were right, but remember we only have to be right once – you have to be right always."
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Them: You have too many books
Me:
Me:
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Them: You have too many books
Me:
Me:
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Pros And Cons Of A 3rd Trump Term
Pros And Cons Of A 3rd Trump Term
Last week, President Trump discussed the possibility of running for a third term in 2028, despite the 22nd Amendment’s prohibition on being elected to the office more than twice. The Onion examines th...
theonion.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pros And Cons Of A 3rd Trump Term
We have a WhatsApp group for the golden retrievers in our village and they get together at weekends for wrestling and general ear chewing. I think the collective noun for golden retrievers is a "romp"
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We have a WhatsApp group for the golden retrievers in our village and they get together at weekends for wrestling and general ear chewing. I think the collective noun for golden retrievers is a "romp"